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@brasablazers Can't say the Spurs have done anything very impressive besides being the luckiest NBA team. 3 straight years in the lottery including #1 #2 #4 in the last three years.

Uma das coisas mais importantes pro futuro do Blazers nem é elenco ou draft, é a reformulação do Front Office. Hoje o FO do Blazers parece uma estrutura “tradicional” da NBA: • scouting inconsistente • pouco destaque em analytics • desenvolvimento irregular • sem identidade organizacional forte Enquanto isso, franquias como OKC e Spurs operam num nível muito mais moderno. OKC virou referência em: • asset management • scouting • analytics • desenvolvimento de jovens • encontrar valor escondido Já os Spurs seguem sendo elite em: • cultura • player development • integração entre FO e comissão técnica • visão de longo prazo Por isso faria MUITO sentido o Blazers trazer executivos dessas organizações e manter Cronin inicialmente como GM. Seria uma forma de modernizar o Blazers sem explodir toda a estrutura de uma vez. Dundon parece gostar exatamente desse perfil: franquias agressivas, eficientes e modernas. E sinceramente? O Blazers hoje parece uma franquia tentando competir na NBA de 2026 usando métodos de 2014...

@Palmierijoe13 @BlazerFreeman I'm not sure Tiago did that great of a job that's a pretty talented roster. There were a lot of head scratching moments. And I'd bet when it came to challenging plays the blazers had the worst success rate in the NBA.

lol buy a team and become instant cheap all around is a absolute great way to lose the fan base and make them have no trust in you. Tiago splitter did an amazing job with the blazers this season late notice to be the head coach. And took them to the playoffs and they happened to run into a juggle in the spurs lol. And he don’t even want to pay the man and keep him as the head coach. He formed relationships with all the players they play very hard for him and he took them to the playoffs for the first time in a while tbh since dame left and even a bit before that. Cmon man. Splitter 100 deserves to be the head coach on the blazers if not I hope he goes to the Celtics to be a lead assists

From Blazers Pres. Dewayne Hankins: "Today, as part of our plans to position the organization for the future, we made the difficult decision to restructure several areas of the business. These changes impacted talented people who have helped shape the Trail Blazers ... (cont)"

@TheAthleticNBA Tiago has got to go.

The Spurs outscored the Trail Blazers 73-35 in the second half of Game 4 😳 San Antonio leads the series 3-1.

@billoram Tiago has got to go.

A 32-point swing (so far) in the second half.

Tiago has got to go. #trailblazers

@Zimmersbadeye @SFSportsAndTech @SharpFootball Totally agree.

@leroy_J_ @SFSportsAndTech @SharpFootball These online draft "experts" and "analysts" really take themselves way too seriously and severely overvalue their importance

I evaluated the last 4 years of John Lynch drafts his performance: 2023: #31 2024: #28 2025: #31 2026: #32 after the draft, Lynch claimed he knows better than everyone else the data shows he doesn’t I went thru every single "reach" he made it's gross sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/john-…

@SharpFootball I mean but the results on the field kinda do. No?

@SFSportsAndTech @SharpFootball Because this is the consensus of reporters not football evaluators. Their consensus doesn't actually mean shit. Criticizing their methods seems stupid to this Vikings fan...

How is last year #31? That doesn't make any sense. Mykel, Alfred, Upton, CJ, Sigle, Connor were all very solid picks that even started games last year for a 12 win team. Yes, John and Kyle reach and yes they've had some misses (eg, thank God for Brock in 2022 as that draft would have been a complete F) but seems like your rating system is flawed #FTTB

Dear @espn We really don't need the @NFL draft to be broadcast in surround sound. The really loud music and crowd noise in the background is awful.

@uscfb We'll check back in on ya in January 🤣

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@thorku I mean if JJ is who you thought he was he'll win the starting job. But even if that were to happen, you can't argue that the Vikings shouldn't find the best possible back up that they can considering JJ's injury history. Last year was painful to watch. Pun intended.

Wanna get away?

@LegionHoops @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

One of the worst cases of tanking I’ve ever seen: last night, the Jazz were up by 17 towards the end of the third quarter— Lauri Markkanen had 27, Jaren Jackson Jr. had 22, and Jusuf Nurkic had 14 rebounds. Out of nowhere, they were all benched for the entire fourth quarter, and the Magic came back and won the game. An absolute joke.

@LegendOfWinning @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

My thoughts and Solution to the "Tanking Problem" The real problem isn't that Utah is tanking, it's that they have to out-tank teams that keep tanking. Once you get 3 top picks in 5 years you should be removed from the lottery. Go figure it out and let other teams rebuild

@dpshow @dpshow I've got the fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

"If they're not playing, I'm not watching. You've got to win me back – I'm an NBA fan for 60 years!" – DP on NBA tanking and load management.

@DavidAFrench @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

@DavidAFrench This would have the absolute opposite effect of what you are implying. If a team needs to win one or two or three games to make the play-in or lose said games for the #1 pick what would any intelligent team do?

I’m going to fix the NBA’s tanking problem right now: Draft order is the reverse order of non-playoff teams. Best team to miss the play-in gets first pick, then the order is determined from there. (Second-best team to miss play-in gets second pick, and so on). All the worst teams will have huge incentives to play hard. Problem solved. You’re welcome :)

@Espo @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

There are only two ways to end tanking in the NBA. Do away with the draft Or Give all 30 teams the same odds

@vicious696 @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

I love basketball but this current version of the NBA is broken -everything is a 3 -teams are tanking before the All Star break and not being shy about it -All Star weekend used to be an event and the players no longer care -the 2nd apron and the Super Max has made it so teams that build the right way via the draft and a young core are eventually penalized for doing so old man yelling at clouds but this aint the game I grew up watching

@WorldWideWob @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

Adam Silver’s full response to tanking:

@SportingLogical @nba I've got a true fix for the tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

NBA teams are getting fined for tanking Meanwhile the Sacramento Kings:

@SleeperWizards @SleeperSacKings @SleeperJazz @sleeper76ers @Sleeper_Hoops @nba I've got a true fix for your tanking problem. If a team has one of the three worst regular season records, they now move to the back of the lottery. IE: Worst record drafts 14th second worst 13th 3rd worst 12th watch how hard all these teams try and win with that incentive.

tanking discussions then vs. now 😵‍💫